Traffic slowed on Interstate 27

Multiple vehicle crashes on Interstate 27 just after 8 a.m. have reduced traffic flow to a single lane between Georgia Street and 26th Avenue exits and police are advising motorists to avoid the area. Traffis is slowed or stopped on both the access roads and main lanes of the highway, said Sgt. Brent Barbee, police department spokesman. “It is best if everyone avoids the Canyon Expressway north and the access roads from Georgia to 26th,” he said. The traffic snarl started with one accident near the 26th Avenue exit on Interstate 27 and two or three collisions occurred subsequent to that, he said.